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Uncanny Magazine Issue 36 Table of Contents

Cover:
Connected by Christopher Jones

Editorials:
“The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas (9/1)
“Imagining Place: Worldbuilding As” by Elsa Sjunneson (9/1)

Fiction:
“Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher (9/1)
“Anchorage” by Samantha Mills (9/1)
“Laws of Impermanence” by Kenneth Schneyer (9/1)

“Juvenilia” by Lavie Tidhar (10/6)
“The City of the Tree” by Marie Brennan (10/6)
“In The Space of Twelve Minutes” by James Yu (10/6)

Reprint:
“The Mouser of Peter the Great” by P. Djèlí Clark (9/1)

Nonfiction:
“Finding Myself in Speculative Fiction Again After Leaving Other Worlds Behind” by Del Sandeen (9/1)
“The Roots of Hope: Toward an Optimistic Near-Future SF in a Pandemic” by Marissa Lingen (9/1)

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Excellence” by Nibedita Sen (10/6)
“Sticks and String” by Christopher Mark Rose (10/6)

Poetry:
“Fin” by Terese Mason Pierre (9/1)
“My Cat, He” by Beth Cato (9/1)

“The Body in Revolt” by Rita Chen (10/6)
“As if My Flesh was Summer Soil” by Lora Gray (10/6)

Interviews:
Kenneth Schneyer interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (9/1)

Lavie Tidhar interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (10/6)

Podcasts:

Episode 36A (September 1): “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, as read by Erika Ensign, “Fin” by Terese Mason Pierre, as read by Joy Piedmont, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing T. Kingfisher.

Episode 36B (October 6): Editors’ Introduction, “In The Space of Twelve Minutes” by James Yu, as read by Joy Piedmont, “As if My Flesh was Summer Soil” by Lora Gray, as read by Erika Ensign, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing James Yu.